从1963年马丁·路德·金的Letter from Birmingham Jail中我们则可以清晰的理解这句话的意思,justice too long delayed is justice denied。
再随手翻一下A New Law Dictionary and Glossary,“Justice delayed is justicedenied”实际上应当做如下延伸理解:
故而这句法谚,实际上强调的是,Justice ought to be free,because nothing is more iniquitous than venal justice;full,since justice ought not be halt;and speedy,because delayed is a kind ofdenied。
翻译成中文则为:正义理应无偿,天下之最恶者莫如贿取公正;正义理应充分,行百里而半者则非正义;正义理应及时,如若迟到则莫如拒绝正义。
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